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Ryuichi Nishihama is affiliated with Tokyo University of Science in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable focus on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Nishihama's work encompasses several specific subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Biophysics.

The main topics covered by Nishihama's research include Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Reproductive Biology, Bryophyte Studies and Records, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Plant Tissue Culture and Regeneration, Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism, and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis.

Throughout their career, Nishihama has contributed to multiple publications, often collaborating with notable coauthors including Takayuki Kohchi, Shohei Yamaoka, Kimitsune Ishizaki, John L. Bowman, and Takashi Ueda.

Frequent publication venues for Nishihama's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Current Biology
  • Nature Plants
  • The Plant Cell

Among notable papers associated with Nishihama's collaborations are:

  • Development and Molecular Genetics of Marchantia polymorpha, 2021, Annual Review of Plant Biology
  • Design principles of a minimal auxin response system, 2020, Nature Plants
  • The renaissance and enlightenment of Marchantia as a model system, 2022, The Plant Cell
  • Induction of Multichotomous Branching by CLAVATA Peptide in Marchantia polymorpha, 2020, Current Biology
  • RAF-like protein kinases mediate a deeply conserved, rapid auxin response, 2023, Cell

Best Publications

  • Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome

    John L Bowman;Takayuki Kohchi;Katsuyuki T Yamato;Jerry Jenkins

  • G2/M-Phase–Specific Transcription during the Plant Cell Cycle Is Mediated by c-Myb–Like Transcription Factors

    Masaki Ito;Satoshi Araki;Sachihiro Matsunaga;Takashi Itoh

  • Expansion of the Cell Plate in Plant Cytokinesis Requires a Kinesin-like Protein/MAPKKK Complex

    Ryuichi Nishihama;Takashi Soyano;Masaki Ishikawa;Satoshi Araki

  • The NPK1 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase is a regulator of cell-plate formation in plant cytokinesis

    Ryuichi Nishihama;Masaki Ishikawa;Satoshi Araki;Takashi Soyano

  • Molecular Genetic Tools and Techniques for Marchantia polymorpha Research

    Kimitsune Ishizaki;Ryuichi Nishihama;Katsuyuki T. Yamato;Takayuki Kohchi

  • Ligand-receptor co-evolution shaped the jasmonate pathway in land plants.

    Isabel Monte;Sakiko Ishida;Angel M. Zamarreño;Mats Hamberg

  • NQK1/NtMEK1 is a MAPKK that acts in the NPK1 MAPKKK-mediated MAPK cascade and is required for plant cytokinesis

    Takashi Soyano;Ryuichi Nishihama;Kayoko Morikiyo;Masaki Ishikawa

  • Cutting activates a 46-kilodalton protein kinase in plants.

    Shoji Usami;Hiroharu Banno;Yukihiro Ito;Ryuichi Nishihama

  • Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing and its application to conditional genetic analysis in Marchantia polymorpha

    Shigeo S. Sugano;Ryuichi Nishihama;Makoto Shirakawa;Junpei Takagi

  • Auxin-Mediated Transcriptional System with a Minimal Set of Components Is Critical for Morphogenesis through the Life Cycle in Marchantia polymorpha

    Hirotaka Kato;Kimitsune Ishizaki;Masaru Kouno;Makoto Shirakawa

  • A Novel cis -Acting Element in Promoters of Plant B-Type Cyclin Genes Activates M Phase–Specific Transcription

    Masaki Ito;Masayuki Iwase;Hiroaki Kodama;Philippe Lavisse

  • Mitotic Cyclins Stimulate the Activity of c-Myb-like Factors for Transactivation of G2/M Phase-specific Genes in Tobacco

    Satoshi Araki;Masaki Ito;Takashi Soyano;Ryuichi Nishihama

  • Biphasic targeting and cleavage furrow ingression directed by the tail of a myosin II

    Xiaodong Fang;Jianying Luo;Ryuichi Nishihama;Carsten Wloka;Carsten Wloka

  • New insights into the phylogenetic distribution and evolutionary origins of the septins

    Ryuichi Nishihama;Masayuki Onishi;John R. Pringle

  • Possible involvement of differential splicing in regulation of the activity of Arabidopsis ANP1 that is related to mitogen‐activated protein kinase kinase kinases (MAPKKKs)

    Ryuichi Nishihama;Hiroharu Banno;Emi Kawahara;Kenji Irie

  • A Single JAZ Repressor Controls the Jasmonate Pathway in Marchantia polymorpha

    Isabel Monte;José Manuel Franco-Zorrilla;Gloria García-Casado;Ángel M. Zamarreño

  • Early evolution of the land plant circadian clock

    Anna Malin Linde;D. Magnus Eklund;Akane Kubota;Eric R. A. Pederson

  • Visualization of site-specific recombination catalyzed by a recombinase from Zygosaccharomyces rouxii in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Hitoshi Onouchi;Ryuichi Nishihama;Mitsuko Kudo;Yasunori Machida

  • Role of Inn1 and its interactions with Hof1 and Cyk3 in promoting cleavage furrow and septum formation in S. cerevisiae

    Ryuichi Nishihama;Jennifer H. Schreiter;Masayuki Onishi;Elizabeth A. Vallen

  • Transcription factor DUO1 generated by neo-functionalization is associated with evolution of sperm differentiation in plants

    Asuka Higo;Tomokazu Kawashima;Michael Borg;Mingmin Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Takayuki Kohchi
Takayuki Kohchi Kyoto University
Kimitsune Ishizaki
Kimitsune Ishizaki Kobe University
Yasunori Machida
Yasunori Machida Nagoya University
Katsuyuki T. Yamato
Katsuyuki T. Yamato Kindai University
John R. Pringle
John R. Pringle Stanford University
John L. Bowman
John L. Bowman Monash University
Junko Kyozuka
Junko Kyozuka Tohoku University
Takashi Ueda
Takashi Ueda National Institute for Basic Biology
Hirofumi Nakagami
Hirofumi Nakagami Max Planck Society
Erfei Bi
Erfei Bi University of Pennsylvania

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